ARTSBEAT; A New Crop of Jazz Masters

By BEN RATLIFF

Published: July 19, 2012

The blues-influenced singer and pianist Mose Allison, the hard-bop and soul-jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, the nightclub proprietor Lorraine Gordon and the Latin-jazz pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri are the four recipients of The National Endowment for the Arts' 2013 Jazz Masters award, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the organization.

The recipients are being recognized for their lifetime achievements and significant contributions to the development and performance of jazz. Over the course of its 31-year history the award, which comes with $25,000, has become probably the highest honor given to jazz musicians in America and to those who write about, record or otherwise encourage the music. (Ms. Gordon, who runs the Village Vanguard in Manhattan, is the first club owner to become a jazz master.) The new class of jazz masters will be honored with a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Jan. 14.

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